Western Kentucky University TopSCHOLAR® WKU Archives Records WKU Archives 1968 UA19/17/1/4 WKU Football Press Guide WKU Athletic Media Relations Follow this and additional works at: http://digitalcommons.wku.edu/dlsc_ua_records Recommended Citation WKU Athletic Media Relations, "UA19/17/1/4 WKU Football Press Guide" (1968). WKU Archives Records. Paper 809. http://digitalcommons.wku.edu/dlsc_ua_records/809 This Other is brought to you for free and open access by TopSCHOLAR®. It has been accepted for inclusion in WKU Archives Records by an authorized administrator of TopSCHOLAR®. For more information, please contact [email protected]. ~ 1 968 HILLTOPPER r FOOTBALL FOR PRESS RADIO . TV UNIVERSITY WESTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY ATHLETIC STAFF ATHLETIC DIRECTOR - Ted Hornback (Western Kentucky '29) FACULTY ATHLETIC COMMITTEE - Dr. John D. Minton (Chair. man), Dr. H. L. Stephens (Vice-Chairman), Dean Robert G. Coch­ ran, Dean Dero G. Downing, Dr. John Scarborough, Bennie Beach, Dr. Ronald Nash, and Owen Lawson. HEAD FOOTBALL COACH - Jimmy Feix (Western Kentucky'53) ASSISTANT FOOTBALL COACHES - Joe Rugel(Western Kentuc­ ky '64), Robbie Franklin (Tennessee '67), Art Zeleznik (Wittenberg '64), Jackie Pope (Middle Tennessee '64). HEAD BASKETBALL COACH - John Oldham (Western Kentuc­ ky'49) ASSISTANT BASKETBALL COACHES - Wallace B. (Buck) Syd­ nor (Western Kentucky '43), Jim Richards (Western Kentucky '59) BASEBALL COACH Jim Pickens (Western Kentucky'51) GOLF COACH Frank Griffin (Western Kentucky '46) TENNIS COACH Ted Hornback (Western Kentucky '29) HEAD TRACK COACH - Dr. Burch Oglesby (Oklahom~ Baptist '57) ASSISTANT TRACK COACH - Gerald Oglesby (Oklahoma Baptist '59) ALL ATHLETIC OFFICE PHONES: Area 502, 745-3542 FOR INFORMATION ON ALL SPORTS: ASSISTANT PUBLIC RELATIONS DIRECTOR Ed Given (Union, Tennessee '57) Office Phone: 745-4295; Home Phone: 842-4661 'P ,-~ l} ~ !)1!J (}T 1968 HILLTOPPER SCHEDULE - Series Record DATE OPPONENT SITE TIME WLT Sept. 21 Butler Bowling Green 1:30 (COT) 2 1 0 Sept. 28 *Austin Peay Bowling Green 1:30 (COT) n 1 1 Oct. 5 'East Tennessee Johnson City 1:00 (COT) 10 4 1 Oct. 12 Western Illinois Macomb 8:00 (CDT) 1 0 0 Oct. 19 *Tennessee Tech Cookeville 7:30 (CDT) 14 16 1 Oct. 26 *Eastern Ky. (Homecoming) Bowling Green 2:00 (CDT) 2514 1 Nov. 2 'Morehead Morehead 7:00 (CST) 21 4 1 Nov. 9 *Middle Tennessee Bowling Green 1:30 (CST) 16 17 1 (YMCA Cheerleader Clinic) Nov. 16 Akron Bowling Green 1:30 (CST) 0 0 1 Nov. 23 'Murray Murray 1:30 (CST) 16 12 6 1967 RESULTS ALL GAMES: Won 7, Lost I, Tied 1 ·· .833 OVC GAMES ONLY: Won 5, Lost I, Tied 1-- .786 Crowd Western 47, St. Joseph's (Ind.) 7 at Rensselaer . 4,500 'Western 31, Austin Peay 6 at Clarksville . 6,500 *Western 6, East Tennessee 3 at Bowling Green 8,003 *Western 56, Tennessee Tech o at Bowling Green 8,506 'Western 14, Eastern Kentucky 14 at Richmond ... 15,000 'Western 30, Morehead 19 at Bowling Green . 13,059 'Western 14, Middle Tennessee 16 at Murfreesboro 7,000 Western 36, Butler 14 at Indianapolis . 2,000 'Western 42, Murray 19 at Bowling Green .....••. • ..•. 7,500 276 98 TOTAL ATTENDANCE ----- 72,068 'Ohio Valley Conference (Home - 36,068) -1- TO MEN OF WORKING PRESS, RADIO, TV Here is your copy of the 196B Hilltopper Football Brochure which we hope will supply you with the basic information needed in your coverage of this year's Western gridders. It is our pleasure to welcome you again to 'Topper games and practice sessions. Press coverage at Western games, like the University's entire football program, enters a new era this fall with the opening of 19,250 seat L. T. Smith Stadium. The new structure is topped by a press box designed to meet the needs of nearly one hundred writers, braodcasters and photographers. Our press box staff will supply you with game and player information, quarterly play-by-play, halftime and final statistics and scoring summary. Soft drinks, coffee and other refreshments are also available in the press box for your convenience. PRESS BOX COVERAGE : Admittance to the press box will be granted only to authorized persons with press box tickets for that specific game. Tickets must be secured in advance from Assistant Public Relations Director Ed Given. Newspaper press passes and sideline passes will not be honored. Each ticket will carry a seat or booth assignment and will entitle the authorized staff member to the fu II courtesies and complete service of the press box. Press box tickets are non­ transferable. PHOTO COVERAGE : Photographers requiring press box space will need a press box ticket . Sideline passes will be issued to authorized personnel representing news media on the field and must be displayed at all times. RADIO COVERAGE : Radio broadcast permission should be obtained in advance, along with press box tickets, from Assistant Public Relations Director Ed Given. Arrangements for installation of broadcast loops shou Id be made well in advance with South Central Bell Telephone Company. WESTERN UNION SERVICE: Newspapers requiring Western Union service should contact Western Union personnel directly for arrangeme • . -2- 1968 HILLT OPPER FOOTRALL IN D E X AlI-OVC Players from Western """"""" ' . .. ,""'" 48 AlI-OVC Team (1967) , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , .. , . , , . , " 60 Athletic Director Ted Hornback, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , " 14 Athletic Staff Directory "" " """ " " ' ,' Inside Front Cover Attendance Figures, 1967 " . ," "" "" "" """" " 1 Coaches' Sketches """" .'. ' , " ',"""" " " "" 15·18 Depth Chart """'," " " ., ' , ',' , " """ "" "'" 21 Dormitory Accommoflations , , , , , . , ' , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , " 12 Experience Analysis " """ , . .... , " , """', "" " " 28 General Information " """"' . ', ' " ., " "",' , " ', 6 Little All-Americans '" , , , , , , , , , . , . ... , , , , , , , , , , , , " 48 Nickname, , , , , " " , , , , , , " , , , , " , , " .. , , , , " , , , , , " 6 Opponent's Sketches "',.,"", . , . "., . " " " "" " 34-43 Outlook for 1968 , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , . .. .... , , , , , , , , " 32 OVC Champions, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , . ... , , , , , , , , , , " 57 OVC History '" , , , , , , , , , , , . , , , , . , .. , , . , , , , , , , , , , " 56 OVC Standings (AlI·Time) , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , . .. , , , , , , " 57 OVC Standings 1967 , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , . , . , .. , .. , , , , , " 60 Player Information , , , , . , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , .. , . , , , . , , 19-27 President Kelly Thompson , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , . , , , , " 7 Press Box Information " " ' , ' ,"" ,.,.,"' .. ," " , .. ,' 4 Press, Radio, TV Outlets """"""" "'.' .. .... .. " " 4 Records, OVC " " "" , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ..... , , , , , , , 58·59 Records, Western, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , . , , , ... , , , . , , 49·51 Results, AlI·Time , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , . , .. , , , 52-54 Results, 1967 .. , , , , , , , , , , . , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , . " 1 Roster "" , . , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , . , .. , , , , , , , , , , , , , , 30·31 Schedule, 1968 " " ' ,', """"" " " , """""", ', 1 Schedule, Composite Opponents ' , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , Back Cover Series Records , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , . , , , , , , , , , , , " 44 Signees, 1968 "" """' ,', """' . ... " ,""' " 29 Stadium Information, , , . , , , , , , , , , , , , , , . , , , , , , , , , , , , 10·11 Statistics (1967) "',, . , . ' , ', .," "',"""', ' , ' " 46-47 Travel Plans, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,Inside Back Cover Western Kentucky University "" , , , , . , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , 8-9 - 3- AREA PRESS, RADIO, TELEVISION OUTLETS *BERT BORRONE DUREN CHEEK, Jr. *SPORTS DIRECTOR Sports Editor United Press International WLTV Television Park City Daily News Box 2706 537 E. 10th St. Bowling Green, Ky. 42101 Nashville, Tenn. 37219 Bowling Green, Ky. 42101 • JIM £SOLUS GEORGE HACKETI *CAWOOD LEDFORD Sports Department Associated Press Sports Director The Courier-Journal Courier-Times Bldg. WHAS,lnc. Lou isville, K y _ 40202 Louisville, Ky. 40202 Louisville, Ky. 40202 SPORTS DESK *ED KALLAY *FRANK HARTLEY United Press International Sports Director Asst. Sports Editor 228 Commonwealth Bldg. WAVE-TV The Lou isville Times Louisville, Ky. 40202 Louisville, Ky. 40200 Louisville, Ky. 40202 DEAN MAGGARD *SPORTS DIRECTOR *EDGAR ALLEN WLBJ Radio WLAC Television Sports Editor Bowling Green, Ky. 42101 Life & Casualty Tower Nashville B.anner Nashville, Tenn. 37219 1100 Broadway WESSTRADER Nashville, Tenn. 37201 Sports Director *PAUL EELLS WKCT Radio Sports Director *TOM POWELL Bowling Green, Ky. 42101 WSM-TV and RADIO Sports Department 5700 Knob Road Nashville Tennessean BUD TYLER Nashville, Tenn. 37209 1100 Broadway Sports Director Nashville, Tenn. 37201 WBGN Radio *LARRY MUNSON Bowling Green, Ky. 42101 Sports Director WSIX-TV BOB GILBERT 441 Murfreesboro Road Associated Press Nashville, Tenn. 37210 Box 990 Nashville, Tenn. 37202 *Will use photos. Radio Play-By-Play of Hilltopper Football Games Will be Heard This Season on the Following Stations: Originating Stations Affiliated Network Stations WBGN, Bowling Green WKCT, Bowling Green .......... .• • WAIN, Columbia WJKY, Jamestown WKAY, Glasgow WLCK, Scottsville WLOC, Munfordville WTCO, Campbellsville WRUS, Russellville .•.•. • ......••.. WHIC, Hardinsburg WKOA, Hopkinsville WLBJ, Bowling Green -4- WESTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY General Information LOCATION - Bowling Green,